Thread by @rothschildmd

Now that I have a copy of the QAnon book, should I review it?

Clarification: I did not pay for this book.

Well, it's clear that my calling in life is to read this ridiculous book and review it. BUT because I'm drinking in a bar in Payson, Arizona, I'm going to start reading this crap now. Live reactions to follow. AND ALL FOR FREE. Until I get bored and go to bed.

I believe we're opening the proceedings with a dick joke, which I respect. #QAnon

Right away, we aren't looking at a "book" but a collection of semi-anonymous rambles. Who are these people? Are they #QAnon? The money trial here is concerning. Theoretically.

I mean, yes. That is what an introduction is. #QAnon

#QAnon acolyte JoeM cracks the whole thing open. Yeah, imagine if our president was a fucking criminal.

The worship of North Korea by #QAnon acolytes is instructive. They want brutal control and central authority. To be told what to do and who to hate. Kim isn't the bug, he's the feature.

General Flynn describes the #QAnon movement in a speech transcript used without his permission. That never mentions Qanon.

We've moved on to a chapter on QAnon proofs. Skeptics think these are shotgunned guesses on par with a strip mall psychic. Believers think this thicket of gibberish is true:

Wasn't familiar with this QAnon proof, but it's typical. Q used the phrase "chain of command" and two days later, a TV channel aired a program about the chain of command.

Proof: QAnon has access to TV listings?

The QAnon proofs chapter is just so much Gish Galloping. Shotgunned crap spewed out in a firehose that no skeptic has the patience to debunk.

Next chapter: a lady declared #QAnon is real because the president used the phrase "tip top" months after an anon asked him to. But DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.

We're already on our second separate mention of Trump's weirdo "calm before the storm" ramble. Good editing matters! #QAnon

The rest of this chapter is an exhausting free associative ramble bouncing between Saudi Arabia and Las Vegas like a bad LSD jag. What are we even? #QAnon

CRACKED IT WIDE OPEN. #QAnon

Moved on to renowned QAnon decoder SerialBrain2. And if this is any indication, we're in for some choice fucking insights.

CHOICE INSIGHTS. #QANON

Dear reader, send alcohol. Or norco. Because no sober person knows what this means. #QAnon

SB2 made no attempt to turn these old posts into a cogent narrative. Does he even know they're in a book.

Also? Nice. #QAnon

What in the sweet ever loving fuck does this mean? Basketball match? #QAnon

I couldn't be more lost if I worked for the DHARMA Initiative. #QAnon

Nearly 60 dead Americans, 500+ wounded, countless thousands scarred by PTSD, but the real story is an assassination attempt against Trump. Which didn't actually happen. At all. #QAnon

SIR FOR THE LAST GOD DAMN TIME THIS IS AN ARBYS. #QAnon

SerialBrain2 finishes with three pages of citations which are mostly wikipedia and YouTube. But critical thinking isn't dead. #QAnon

My favorite EDM duo have some shit to say in the next chapter. #QAnon

DRINK! #QANON

The last chapter had almost nothing to do with QAnon. Doesn't look like we're in for much continuity with the next chapter, either.

It's not that complicated. Memes are jargon. Every clique has it, the secret language that keeps outsiders out and lets insiders feel like they know something secret and special. Also, frogs. #QAnon

Boomers! Do your tweets thusly! QAnon demands no less!

Next chapter: gross misinterpretation of the First Amendment. #QAnon

Lots of Flynn/Huber worship in the next chapter. Also, Oleg Deripaska is totes colorful! #QAnon

#QAnon fixates on the Bill Clinton/Loretta Lynch tarmac meeting. Which was dumb. And would be the 38474th ranked scandal in the Trump administration.

Nobody calls George Soros this. I know this because he pays all my bills. #QAnon

The last chapter was by a dude who lives on a boat. And jogs daily. WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE. DO YOUR RESEARCH ON BOAT JOGGING.

Also, he's single and looking. #QAnon

Halfway through the book and I cannae go on. Will pick up tomorrow. If I don't get smoted by Serialbrain2 in my sleep.

Part two of my live tweet of the #QAnon book will start in a few minutes. Prepare your body and soul accordingly.

Last time on QAnon: a lot of bizarre rambling, incoherent proofs, and typos. We ended with a 70 year old lady teaching us about memes, and a 40 page dirge about FISA.

Now: a chapter about the "ten days of darkness" meant to end March 1st. Which already passed. Oops.

I'm Ron Burgundy? #QAnon

This chapter is just terribly written. It veers all over the place, and is mostly about Paul Ryan's last chance to redeem himself, which passed months before the book came out.

Like this? Just nonsense. #QAnon

Zacko ends his mostly worthless chapter getting constitutional basics wrong by apparently misspelling the name of his YouTube channel. #QAnon

Next up, a lady shares her thoughts about the 2016 election, which are that Michelle Obama is a man and Barack Obama is a Muslim Terrorist. I can feel the originality flowing through me. No, that's the vodka.

No mentions of QAnon yet in this chapter, but a metric fuck ton of racism. This lady's point of no return was finding out about the FEMA camps with guillotines. Which are NOT REAL.

The damage runs deep.

Kim Jong Un style praise for Donald Trump, who she truly believes gave up his life of ease to lead us out of the snake pit with inspiring speeches like "these people are bad." She epitomizes QAnon. Blind belief backed by wishful thinking.

Linda does not have even the slightest grasp of history. The Illuminati and Masons weren't the same thing. The Illuminati was mostly Bavarian intellectuals who couldn't get into the Masons due to...oh, fuck it. #QAnon

Nazis. Nazis. Nazis. N-n-n-nazis in Antarctica. #QAnon

After a bunch of crap about UFOs, we get to the truest thing about QAnon belief: everything you think is real is fake, and everything you think is fake is real. Only Q can be trusted. All else are frauds.

I can't imagine a more isolating and anhedonic way to go through life.

Next up is...an interview transcript. With a retired NYPD detective who is a bit of a celebrity in the "pedophiles everywhere!" crowd.

QAnon is ostensibly about riding the world of trafficking rings. You know, like the ones Donald Trump keeps getting tangentially linked to.

The interview is not good. He rambles so much and she just asks him leading questions to back up the biases of her viewers. No QAnon mentions, just a lot of accusations.

Example:

This is QAnon catnip. Everyone is blackmailing everyone else, they're all dirty, all criminals.

Also, its Roy COHN. You know, Donald Trump's mentor.

*chefs kiss gif* #QAnon

Jimmy Boots shoots down that whole "sealed indictments" thing. In a book about QAnon. Beautiful.

I skipped a whole bunch more with Jimmy Boots and moved on to a struggle session to sniff out fake Trumpists.

Also, is it hard to make Alex Jones cry? I didn't think so. #QAnon

We've moved into "sentient Livejournal post" territory. A lot of pain here, clearly, but also so much paranoia and anger at nebulous forces. #QAnon

We wrap up with a ten point manifesto for how to fight the deep state. Guess what the first one is. #QAnon

And after a glossary of terms, we're done.

I'm going to post longer thoughts on the Qanon book later this week, just at a glance this is some depressing paranoia porn that will win no new converts, but reaffirm the biases of believers.

Also, get a damn copy editor.

I have indeed reviewed the QAnon book, just as a I promised/threatened to. I didn't look much at proofs, but more of "why does this exist" and "was there any effort put into making it a book, rather than a collection of rambles?"

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